New Jersey Republican leaders know they need a top tier candidate to challenge freshman congressman Josh Gottheimer for his fifth congressional district seat in 2018. One name keeps popping up: Wantage resident and Fox Business News anchor Lou Dobbs.

Josh Gottheimer surprised the county in November with an historical victory in New Jersey’s fifth congressional district over Scott Garrett, who held that seat since 2003. It was one of six House seats the Democrats managed to flip. But now the National Republican Congressional Committee sees Gottheimer’s seat as a prime target in 2018.

If the GOP-dominated legislature continues to have its way, down the road Americans may have to learn the hard way that environmental protections, gun restrictions and financial disclosure laws were enacted for a reason, and the solution to overly cumbersome regulations is to fix them, not gut them.

A group of elected officials from Sussex County and well-wishers joined Congressman Josh Gottheimer and his staff as he cut the ribbon to open his office in Newton, which is at 93 Spring Street.

Freshman congressman Josh Gottheimer delivered his first speech on the House floor.  It was a proud moment for Sussex County Democrats.

On his first day as freshman representative from New Jersey’s 5th Congressional District, Josh Gottheimer, the first Democrat sent to Congress from Sussex County in decades, broke with the party and became one of four Democrats to approve a measure allowing Congress to dismantle recent Obama administration regulations.

Josh Gottheimer was sworn in on Tuesday, representing New Jersey’s fifth congressional district in the 115th Congress.

Congressman-Elect Josh Gottheimer met with Sussex County Democrats, including many of the volunteers who worked on his successful election campaign, to thank them for their hard work and support.

If the smooth transition of power is supposed to be a hallmark of democracy, Sussex County’s outgoing Congressman, Republican Scott Garrett, is doing his best to thwart democracy.

Congress member-elect Josh Gottheimer sent out a plea to the president-elect to reconsider Stephen Bannon as a top adviser.